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Different avenues for progress apply to drought tolerance, water use efficiency and yield in dry areas.
Current opinion in biotechnology - 1 Feb 2022
Tardieu Francois
Abstract excerpt
Drought tolerance, water use efficiency (WUE) and yield in dry areas are often considered as synonyms. However, they correspond to markedly different suites of physiological mechanisms, based on combinations of alleles constrained by evolution into consistent strategies. Improving (i) drought tolerance, sensu stricto, involves extreme conservative strategy with protection and repair mechanisms; (ii) WUE most...
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